Following accusations of domestic abuse by ex-wife Amber Heard.

On Thursday — exactly one year ahead of the film's premiere — the name of the next installment in the Fantastic Beasts series was revealed: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The announcement came via Twitter along with an animated picture of the main cast, featuring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, our first proper look at Zoë Kravitz as Leta Lestrange, and Jude Law as a younger Albus Dumbledore. But many fans's spirits were dampened when they realized that Johnny Depp was still in the production. On top of that, he was also cast as villain Gellert Grindelwald, which, as the title suggests, means the film likely focuses on him.

At the end of the first film in the franchise (spoiler for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ahead!), we watch a shifty character played by Colin Farrell transform into Grindelwald, played by Johnny Depp. He'd been in disguise the whole time. However, this twist didn't go over well with many fans due to the appearance of Depp, following accusations of domestic violence against him brought by ex-wife Amber Heard. (Depp was never convicted or charged with a crime.)

Despite those accusations, Thursday's announcement came as confirmation that the studio moved ahead with keeping Depp in the franchise instead of recasting the character.

But there's no reason they couldn't switch out Depp. Ridley Scott took Kevin Spacey out of All the Money in the World following allegations of sexual assault with just over a month until the film's premiere. And fans of the Harry Potter will remember that the series switched Dumbledores (due to Richard Harris's death). They even whitewashed Lavender Brown! And as writer Dana Schwartz pointed out, it shouldn't be too hard to "recast an actor in this magical world where people disguise themselves and are canonically able to change faces."